Andrews Police Department is rolling out new livery for its patrol vehicles. The department is also equipping its officers with uniforms not police blue, but a subdued green.
Trevis Hicks/Contributing Photographer Cleaning up: The Rotary Club of Murphy spent a few hours on the morning of Aug. 24 cleaning up litter on its designated route from downtown to the four-lane highway. A big thank you goes to Jim and Phyllis Gerke, Kathy Yost, Tracy Davis, Kevin Hoeschen, Ed Jones, Jacky Egli and M.J. Belcher, who worked hard on the club’s first trash pickup of this year. Together, members collected 11 bags of trash for pickup by the N.C. Department of Transportation.
The Payne siblings who grew up on the farm are Katherine Payne Burrell, Barbara Payne Tipton (seated in front from left) Ronnie Payne and Paul Payne (back from left).
David Brown/dbrown@cherokeescout.com Vance Patterson, founder of Foundation Forward Inc., shares why he believes bringing replicas of the Charters of Freedom to counties like Cherokee helps our country during a rededication at Konehete Veterans Park on Aug. 28.